North Dakota Code 23-21-23 – Interment of decedent in religious cemetery – Compliance with religious requirements in removing remains
The heirs, relatives, or friends of any decedent whose remains have been interred in any cemetery owned, governed, or controlled by any religious corporation or by any church or religious society of any denomination or by any corporation sole administering temporalities of any religious denomination, society, or church, or owned, governed, or controlled by any person or persons as trustee or trustees for any religious denomination, society, or church may not disinter, remove, reinter, or dispose of any such remains except in accordance with the rules, regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-21-23
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
The officers, representatives, or agents of the church or religious society must be the sole judge of the requirements of the rules, regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church.